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Shloka 20

Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)

ऋते नारायण देवं नरं वा जिष्णुमव्ययम्‌ । अत्र कैलासमित्युक्त स्थानमैलविलस्य तत्‌,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! मनुष्य ज्यों-ज्यों गंगामहाद्वारसे आगे बढ़ता है, वैसे-ही-वैसे वहाँकी हिमराशिमें गलता जाता है। विप्रवर गालव! साक्षात्‌ भगवान्‌ नारायण तथा विजयशील अविनाशी महात्मा नरको छोड़कर दूसरा कोई मनुष्य पहले कभी गंगामहाद्वारसे आगे नहीं गया है। इसी दिशामें कैलासपर्वत है, जो कुबेरका स्थान बताया गया है

ṛte nārāyaṇa-devaṃ naraṃ vā jiṣṇum avyayam | atra kailāsam ity uktaṃ sthānam ailavilasya tat, dvijaśreṣṭha |

Юпарна сказал: «Никто из людей не проходил далее Великих Врат Ганги, кроме божественного Нараяны (Nārāyaṇa) и Нары (Nara) — Джишну (Jishṇu), вечно победоносного и нетленного. В этом же направлении находится гора, именуемая Кайласа (Kailāsa), провозглашённая обителью Айлавилы (Ailavila), то есть Куберы (Kubera), о лучший из дважды-рождённых.»

ऋतेexcept/without
ऋते:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते
Formindeclinable (preposition-like; governs ablative)
नारायणम्Nārāyaṇa
नारायणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
देवम्god
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
नरम्Nara (the sage/hero)
नरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनर
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Formindeclinable (disjunctive particle)
जिष्णुम्victorious
जिष्णुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजिष्णु
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अव्ययम्imperishable
अव्ययम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular

युपर्ण उवाच

Y
Yuparṇa
N
Nārāyaṇa
N
Nara
J
Jishṇu
G
Gaṅgāmahādvāra (Great Gate of the Gaṅgā)
K
Kailāsa
A
Ailavila (Kubera)
G
Gālava

Educational Q&A

The passage stresses the extraordinary, near-inaccessible sanctity of the Himalayan sacred region: ordinary human effort has limits, and only beings of divine stature (Nārāyaṇa and Nara/Jishṇu) can pass beyond certain cosmic thresholds. It frames spiritual geography as governed by merit and divine nature, not mere physical endurance.

Yuparṇa describes the route beyond the Gaṅgā’s ‘Great Gate’ and identifies Kailāsa in that direction as Kubera’s abode. He emphasizes that no human has previously gone beyond that point, except Nārāyaṇa and Nara (Jishṇu), underscoring the peril and sanctity of the region while addressing the brāhmaṇa Gālava.